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Jeanne Beaufort, bean.qu swun- t" of a Virgin'u planter, has lost her father and two brothers in the Civil War. (The year 12564.) She Ive-I1 to . _ ....... that she - Mrs. Wetmore, will curry out the for verttreyrt-"a While at Riéhmond Henry Morgan, I my, who falls, She repels his uh med as 3 spy fo government and Ut wiles and pmur t one , within the Southern ling. It is plan- ned'to have her make headquarters with a family of wuthern >ympalh) l, in Washington. Jeanne learns telcg- Iaphy and lither technical branchcs of her new calling. And clad as a imy.‘ often in the Blue of the North, she makes her way through the lumen} She learns uf an organization vi eleven Union spies and of their Hunt- ing place in a Richmond loft. As she ~overhears the leaders address the) masked men seated about a table. Jeanne is discovered and dragged in- to the room. The leader unmasks at, he threatens her with death, but is dissuaded from shooting her by thr: suggestion from one of the men that one of their number mary her. She consents and when one of the masyed men volunteers to. marry she refuses “a plain-is the right tb choose. men volunteers to. mar; and claims the right tb The speaker paused and then wenu on solemnly: "But this I promise you, on the word of Parson John Kennedy. that‘ no man shall follow you-no man) shall follow. you-no man shall touch you.” ' ' ,r.-t.r, Thss mail: you. Parson John Kennedy'. The man for whom they had laid and sprung a thousand futile traps. Who had beaten them at every turn! And this formidable Inan was playing into her Minds! - . - w -..:.a ham: Pa r: on Henna. "Now, then, chose." s for so the girl had ment her tormentor. (Would s able to recognize his voice did get away?) N can t we are all unmarried, have." She did not It who had offered my to save her Irony. Irony. e " will marry you, sir," she said. "Ind you shall share the misery you thrust so wantonly upon me." - LL. ,... "w "Net "I see that I am hoist on my own» petard." He had the courage to laugh. I And few of them realized what tinet grained courage it was. tie was sav-l ing this trirl's life at the expena; of his future; for nothing except an in- human jest like this would have swerved Parson Kennedy. "So be it. Miss, about to become Madam Who-- I haven't even asked you to wipe the [grime from your fate so that I might mania you in the future. I am sat- grime from your fate so mm. I IIILXIIu' _ _ 1 recogmu you in the future. I am sat-; islied." l Half an hour? she thought. V Doubtless no stranger marriage ceremony ever, took place than that which joined Jeanne Beaufort to thin med, hanmrer. unknown to her either by face or name. When it was done. Parson Kennedy offered the quill toi the girl. She hesitated for a moment, straining her an. Forty minutes, forty minutes-tho were on the way to her. She wrote "Mary Smith" on the hustily duwnup certificates. Irony mixed the pen from her tremb- ling fingers end signed "John Jones." Then he stepped tmek-just in time. Ber hand had flown to the curtain of his mask. __ A . . , “It-" o. n.- mu... "Not quite," he laughed. "Mary Smith in not your " name; no more in Jones mine. But you will write your real there when you are - _ .. ALAA --_N. kn, alone. You have told u: that you be- lieve in ottthir. I'11 add my rest name “no: am... who witness the trun- mtian. Find it if you can!" John Kennedy, D. D. C-WG-L F A-HK-S I G-RD-A J-WG-A I P-WG-S _ EURO-M ', EPA-G i J-tot-F F-BN-S i W-BB-R I I. {and " bare arm anon his M and upon the left (mum she hi . in of cumming, I blue circle m I cum- litm- devin in the m. The .1.ch WI- nm to my ind-um in her mind. V ‘All out!" laid Pinon Shad“ Ittt,ta2ratil'tg'flNte Walk-d unthm. 'MI" M twin. 'Ihd but. lam ‘, a! no I mm our in j” M net Mr In I; gum." 'l at a! Inn- can put?! " tr. m- "e, "er “I“ Ae "Tm," Sm" ' E Denr God. why did Mada-3’ .- _ . CHAPTER Ill MISTERY VISITOR a in a Richmond loft. As she s the leaders address zhx men seated about a tabiv, a discovered and dragged in- WHO'S WHO wantonly upon me." 1 _meMeie . u . ithat I am hoist on my own So did hers. What do you mean He had the courage to laugh. I Is. ttate." She felt "3“er alarmed. F of them realized what IT) DIE] he 2"tr,it hat I it was. Re was saw metut a W you Are, am: WP???) -= n; “my... of that I selrch for Death_even IS you 'iii"uiumsrried, young we. her gum, that she it the Biblical injunction ,e--"an eye for an eye'." hmond she meets ‘ryun. a debonaire young. falls in love with her.‘ his advances. She is eu-. spy for the tu,nteadrstw and urged to use al.'. thu mur of her aux to find "in"... in. .. any m- t, chose." said Irony. rl had mentally named r. (Would she ever be live his voice in use he 7) "I can certify that Bgused and then went look toward the man d to sacrifice his iite :r life. She Jooked at 'iJiitirut daugh- I --" $tmr6dhk tr “no“ Pin-0"“ s. It is plan- headquarters rn :ympalh) learns meg- . She is enx conieadrsrw J use an the sex to tiad bring tut - mt - -.-.-' -V In. mum-9”} Ar,_rets.' n. AC. 0- e he i, that i and “Harold; 5909149: OUND to NORTH' I “Curse you, you have wigs-m 'lhlee lives this meht'" uhispercd I l mice in Irony's can But as he “true. n site speaker disappeared. L, {p in the loft the girl :trugglul and strained futilely. Beaten, am honored, humiliated'. It was intoler- ahle. lt was, all some hellish night, " have; it could not poszibly be fact 1r. atityrAnd yet, that. dreaded man. Fast-on Kennedy -he had bvcll In" ing rockets, they leaped down th nukety stairs,, :lmoptessed nn mailing; , . ___A.‘ A marriage certitieate. crudvly done but none the less genuine'. God in heaven, married! To what. ' . whom? She suddunly became limp. Award, and sank face downward J;- an the tatie--wlyere her belat,rrl troopers in butternut found her. troopers night " priaals "or t band of tauntod them Each and I hood to disclose" his saturnine face to her, She could watch him in Wash- ington, move against. him in direct and 0an warfare. None of them would in her again; of this she was Tlt',',',,; Witnin three weeks' time Jeanne Was able to pick up her natural rah, She was always meeting Morgan. and he was always sighmg for some favor, always metaphorically at her ('Ixull'z Irony She wan alway and he was alwas favor, always me feet. One day she she disliked him. Perhaps this “gs accountable to the fact that she knew there was a strong and vital man deep down un- der all his foypery. "But I do not love you. and l have) no intention of loving you." she said" “Well. since you intend not to lose me, I see hope. Come. Jeanne Beau fort, let us understand each other" "I understand myself perfectly,") she countered. _ 1 "You laugh. joke. dance, play- - and all the white that brilliant mind of yours is scheming, scheming." "In mercy's name for what?" _ "The Cause'." His face grew ser- Madam Who? When Jeanne Beaufort start 1 her self-imposed missi, n uht. she had been somethir.F Ivemurous girl! Sh: left th hully a numnn broken. bca u! {rm-hut it {a true, but a l tr brain scrlirttg with unima, ious, do; that hazard is breath to us both H To stab the enemy in the back. that‘ is yodr work and mine. To a soHierl who tails into the enemy's hands-), to him the honor: of war! But ml you and me-short shrift. as they say: We shall be in Washington together shortly; and from time to time I shall: be under your orders. Not a word; your aunt is approaching. I shall see you at the ball tonight. I expect to ,join my regiment tomorrow. Goodl _ “You're I Kw girl teye? tfetrh and Mood, i ‘know you “160. I ghoul had no heart." l "Sometimes I m. I "should have been I bor. have to have hurts.” day!" _ "There m times. however. - I [believe that you are I bor." _ "That's an odd M" Jame Heel-red. turning quickly. "Auntie!" l “You have nude trips " Wald-.- (ton. Your were! in mm I - iderstand. But take an. I an .- ‘mise that you an phying mirth (ho- gernun weapons. You’ll VIM to be (alone now; mr-hr-hr until supper." ’ar: Jennne Bat down on the " Perrl n manor of u- ncut the main“ motionleu. So "my Ion-n m I I" and hadlumedinmmthtnh I.” one the. And the hen. logic-IA“ of Pt ad '.es, “Hz: Jim to it - w. iGCriGuik- inhalant uh "yet gmulybmolhmn "it“! a. Inch-d; unn- m-ttttte-r" m1VnHy U~ mk- tom-aft-h..-- ”manual-[Hm Mud“. son Kenn"); Lad he "B.ttMEtVtsq. t he "N who rerihu th " 1 for their slowness! 11y one ot those an . -; and more um. had come you have wrecked -LJ‘MW .1" W irked him} another instead the th young mm In cnvuun - .r preached He bowed ceremonioinly to Morgan. Then he bowed to J--- it was almost gt alum. u.._.. u“... .r.___e"""" .‘lnrgan took himself ar. Thel >1ramzer stood at her side and ehnt-: tcd pleasantly. He was rather trig~ inul; and certainly he ins candy. In the middle of a sentence he bowed aiuurctly and walked quickly to“ the door nut of which Morgan It that moment vmiched. Jeanne looked after the strcmyrir ies rhagrined than as- mnished. l "Well!" she murmured. 'The next time I MW Mr. What's hi-me Fiil snub him unmercifulty." I At midnight while Jeanne was " >upper. a man in a half mask entered the kardvn of her home. He appeared m be familiar with his ground. 10!" he went directly to the ladder ml against the board fence, mined it an ithre window. climbed up Ind My? lpeand inside her bedroom. l th ,....- “V. __ -- 9 The other man followed him enrr-l I tiously. , i Suddenly the shadower m for-i Iwerd on his toes. The other heard him, but was not quick enough. They fought silently, but the advantage lay with the nsstrai1ant. With a grip? of iron he held the other's arms ‘against his bark. reached over and hunched a paper from the inner Atocket-rtetst1y, u if he knew that " paper would be there. Then he can; ihis victim roughly -inst the wall }of the house and took to his heels. Y! a to nL'é'fr'od autumn!" "Where is your "(hum-3' He nailed but d_id pot an" IKmanuwhc) had followed him press- od closely agains! the fence and wait- The man in the haif-mask coll-1y proceeded to open Jam's trunk There were several suits of male at- tire. one in blue, one in batman and three in non-descript. Re shrug- tumult“ 29d 3:821 he ropened Ge “creating: box TV thing he sought, mm he did nut find. He found {blank slip! of Lgperand drew something upon it. He twrked it into the lid.e of mi Jrusinrmirror. blew and stole awny. _ - When at length he new it Tel under a street-tamp. Be straightened out the purioined sheet, read it, tore it into little pieces and dropped them into the gutter. 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